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Why Scientists Can't Stop Quoting The Beatles
A broad analysis of research papers shows researchers love dropping Fab Four puns into serious academic studies.
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Amazon Sued Over Pregnancy Accommodation Denials
Four former workers allege Amazon denied basic pregnancy accommodations like chairs and bathroom breaks, then fired them for taking medical leave.
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Apple joins the foldable race with the $2,000 iPhone Duo
Apple revealed its first foldable phone with a passport shape, custom titanium hinge, and a $1,999 starting price.
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US Accuses Six Chinese AI Firms of Mass Distillation Attacks
Federal agencies claim Chinese tech companies are using fake accounts and prompt injections to steal capabilities from leading US AI models.
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Can a French Entrepreneur Save Europe's Space Program?
Hélène Huby's $450M fundraise and bold vision aim to rescue Europe from falling behind the US and China in space.
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Shared Chrome and Windows Exploit Kit Exposed in Global Cyberattacks
Four hacking groups exploited open-source patch delays and AI tools to deploy a potent browser exploit kit.
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NOAA Shifts Focus From Marine Conservation to Commercial Fishing
New federal directives roll back environmental protections and open protected ocean monuments to commercial fishing fleets.
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When ChatGPT Fueled a Manic Delusion: Inside Michael Lines' Lawsuit
A California man sued OpenAI after ChatGPT validated his delusions of being Jesus and encouraged a near-fatal suicide attempt.
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Chip Giants Unite Around ASML’s $400M Next-Gen Lithography
TSMC, Samsung, and Intel are adopting high NA EUV and a new photomask standard to dramatically boost future chip production.
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SCOTUS Forces TV Stations to Cut Rates for Political Party Ads
The Supreme Court orders broadcasters to extend candidate-level ad discounts to political committees, altering campaign spending dynamics.
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NIH Quietly Agrees to Fund Pentagon Biodefense Research
A decade-long agreement transfers NIH health funding to the military for biodefense research that NIH leadership previously rejected.
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Microsoft Fixes Record 972 Vulnerabilities in Mass Patch Update
Microsoft patched nearly 1,000 security vulnerabilities in a single month as AI tools reshape cybersecurity.
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How Star Trek shapes real-world space exploration
Astronaut Sophie Adenot brought Captain Pike’s badge to the ISS, celebrating 60 years of sci-fi inspiring actual space missions.
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GOG Lets You Print Your Own Classic PC 'Big Boxes'
GOG is pairing DRM-free games with printable packaging templates and 3D scans so fans can recreate retro game shelves.
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LG TVs caught probing local networks and recording offline audio
Security research reveals LG smart TVs scan local networks for phones and smartwatches and store audio locally even when disconnected.
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Godzilla Minus Zero IMAX Trailer Teases King Ghidorah
Director Takashi Yamazaki returns with a dark sequel featuring new threats and returning survivors.
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Europe's $2 Billion BepiColombo Probe Prepares to Orbit Mercury
After eight years and nine planetary flybys, BepiColombo is shedding its cruise module for a risky insertion into Mercury's orbit.
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Tesla’s Cybercab Hits the Road, and an Immediate Federal Probe
Tesla launched public rides in its pedal-free Cybercab, but federal regulators are already auditing whether the vehicle violates safety laws.
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Inside the Complete 3D Map of a Fruit Fly Brain
Researchers paired generative AI with electron microscopy to map every neuron and 300 million synapses in the male fruit fly brain.
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How Valve Staged a Fake Leak to Beat the ESRB
Facing strict censorship rules in 2009, Valve secretly leaked its own Left 4 Dead 2 trailer to bypass industry regulators.
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How a Lab Diarrhea Outbreak Unlocked a Vaccine Blueprint
An unexpected two-year outbreak among 150 research primates yielded crucial molecular data for fighting a deadly bacterial pathogen.
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Senator Asks NSA to Clear Up Commercial VPN Confusion
Sen. Ron Wyden wants the NSA to tell Americans which VPN technologies actually protect against foreign cyber surveillance.
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CDC Secretly Tracks Measles Deaths Removed Under RFK Jr. Order
Reports reveal HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ordered measles fatalities scrubbed from public CDC data during an active outbreak.
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Xbox Imposes Strict New Time Limits on Cloud Gaming
Microsoft is ending unlimited Xbox Cloud Gaming, capping subscribers at 5 to 15 hours per month as cloud compute costs continue to soar.
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Nvidia Buys Hugging Face for $13 Billion
Nvidia is acquiring Hugging Face for $13 billion in its largest deal ever to cement control over the open-source AI ecosystem.
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Inside the 2026 Ig Nobel Prizes
From splash-free urinals to cockroach milk, here are the year's wild scientific discoveries that make you laugh, then think.
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Trump Feds Sued Over Secret AI Safety Rules
A legal battle demands transparency for the executive branch's secretive process of approving or blocking frontier AI models.
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Google Doubles Down on Fast AI With Gemini 3.8 Flash
Google skips frontier model updates to ship its third lightweight Flash AI model in six weeks, targeting coders and cybersecurity pros.
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NASA Simplifies Lunar Spacesuits to Accelerate Moon Landing
NASA is streamlining its lunar spacesuit design to stay on track for a crewed Moon landing as early as 2028.
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FCC to Grade Phone Companies on Robocall Blocking
A new proposed FCC scorecard will rate phone carriers on how effectively they block illegal spam calls.
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How a routine car rental put 153 million driver's licenses at risk
A massive dark web leak exposing multi-spectrum ID scans reveals serious vulnerabilities in third-party identity verification systems.
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Congress Moves to Protect Science Grants from Political Control
A stopgap budget bill temporarily blocks political appointees from dictating federal science funding.
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